Books by Henry Green
Party Going
by Henry Green
The book is about a group of what would have been dubbed ‘bright young things’ in the 1920s, aimless young people from the upper classes. They are about to set off to go to a party that’s taking place on the continent. It is a particularly foggy day and they never make it. They end up having a party in a hotel in Waterloo station. Around them in the station swirls the mass of people – the working classes – threatening to intrude into their lives. Henry Green was himself a bright young thing. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and a friend of the whole “Brideshead generation” but in this book he points out that the class system is changing and there won’t be a role for rich people who do nothing with their lives.
Interviews where books by Henry Green were recommended
The best books on London Fog, recommended by Christine L. Corton
Christine L. Corton describes how Londoners loved and hated the fog that defined their city for over 200 years. Fog bought confusion, suicide and death; but also anonymity, mystery and beauty. Here, she picks the best five books on the pea-souper
